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    5020 E Second St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  2. Rank 2. The Attic

    Refined Southern

    A Craftsman bungalow on East Broadway shelters dining rooms appointed with brick fireplaces and floral wallpaper, where Chef Cameron Slaugh's plates marry Southern tradition with restless technique. Fried chicken and gumbo anchor a menu that pivots toward refinement—bubble and squeak, roasted cauliflower with cracked oats—before closing with powdered beignets and strawberry compote.


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    3441 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    2710 E 4th Street, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    2945 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  5. Rank 5. Heritage

    California New American

    Philip and Lauren Pretty's single tasting menu in a Rose Park Craftsman spotlights California cooking anchored by their own farm produce, with seasonal fruit threading through dishes like duck with preserved kumquats. The cooking gets details right without fuss, prices reasonably, and tastes like genuine care.


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    2032 E Seventh St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  6. Rank 6. Ammatoli

    Modern Middle Eastern


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    285 E Third St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    1227 E Fourth St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  8. Rank 8. Selva

    Colombian-Inspired


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    4137 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  9. Rank 9. Chiang Rai

    Northern Thai

    Inside a forgettable storefront lies a colorful, quirky dining room where Northern Thai specialties shine. The khao soi arrives as thin egg noodles topped with raw ribeye, then blanketed in hot curry broth that cooks the beef to silken tenderness—a dish that justifies the detour to Tustin.


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    608 E First St, Tustin, CA · Tustin
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  10. Rank 10. Nettuno

    Coastal Italian


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    210 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  11. In a Seal Beach strip mall, experienced chefs command a spare sashimi counter where regulars arrive like family. Orange clams and pristine kampachi give way to delicate nigiri—seabass kissed with yuzu kosho, scallop crowned in uni—while tempura-fried zucchini flowers stuffed with scallops bridge the meal like a palate-cleansing interlude. The place trades trend for craft and rapport.


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    600 Pacific Coast Hwy, Unit 100, Seal Beach, CA · Seal Beach
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    1436 E Seventh St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  13. Rank 13. Ellie's

    Southern Italian


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    204 Orange Ave, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  14. Rank 14. Sonoratown

    Sonoran-Style


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    244 E Third St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    1772 Clark Ave, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    1731 E Fourth St, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    3819 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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    4470 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, CA · Los Alamitos
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    1946 E Del Amo Blvd, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  20. A modest storefront in an open-air mall houses bowls of ramen made with uncommon care. The spicy red miso arrives rich and creamy, noodles snappy beneath the surface; the chicken broth runs lighter but no less purposeful. Twenty seats, no pretense, every visit a reason to return.


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    10488 Valley View St, Unit 3, Buena Park, CA · Buena Park
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    7200 Acacia Ave, Garden Grove, CA · Garden Grove
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  22. Rank 22. Rajdhani Restaurant

    Traditional Indian


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    18525 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia, CA · Artesia
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    270 S Clementine St, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  24. Rank 24. Knife Pleat

    Contemporary French

    Nestled above the fashion boutiques of South Coast Plaza, this third-floor dining room glows with the warmth of an open kitchen and a sheltered patio. Chef Tony Esnault's French foundation—steelhead with fennel, barley risotto with chestnut—yields gracefully to global inflection and composed desserts that taste of clarity.


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    3333 Bristol St, Unit 3001, Costa Mesa, CA · Costa Mesa
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  25. At this Westminster pho shop, beef broth simmered with anise achieves an almost meditative sweetness, drawing everyone from grandparents to Gen Z devotees. The kitchen forgoes shortcuts despite gentle prices, sending out massive bowls of uncomplicated, deeply satisfying comfort.


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    14932 Bushard St, Westminster, CA · Westminster
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    1600 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  27. Thomas Ortega brings fine-dining precision to his native Cerritos, where handmade tortillas and house-made salsas meet unexpected flourishes—Coca-Cola glaze on pork belly, Doritos scattered across chilaquiles. His tacos range from crisp beer-battered cod to charred al pastor, each one executing a playful fusion of Mexican tradition and American invention.


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    13333 South St, Cerritos, CA · Cerritos
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    305 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA · Fullerton
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  29. Rank 29. Holbox

    Coastal Mexican

    Gilbert Cetina works a counter inside Mercado La Paloma with the precision of a jeweler, coaxing impossible brightness from aguachile and ceviche with seafood so fresh it arrives still trembling. His grilled lobster and house-made tortillas, dressed in an arsenal of salsas, suggest that restraint and impeccable sourcing need no fanfare.


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    3655 S Grand Ave, Unit C9, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  30. Rank 30. Kato

    Taiwanese Chinese

    Jonathan Yao's tasting menu at Kato announces itself with conviction: fish maw arrives with crab-shell vinegar and caviar; spice-crusted duck nestles into fluffy bao; pig ears blaze with chili oil. The Row DTLA dining room, all polished concrete and open kitchen, becomes an austere stage for cooking that draws boldly from his Taiwanese roots and refuses restraint.


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    777 S Alameda St Building 1, Unit 114, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  31. Rank 31. Albaraka Restaurant

    Palestinian Middle Eastern


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    413 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  32. Rank 32. Maru Coffee

    Korean-Inspired


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    1019 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  33. Rank 33. The Ranch

    Steakhouse

    An urban steakhouse playing cowboy without irony: beef-forward, but anchored by vegetables from their own farm. The prime rib arrives impossibly tender with cast-iron potatoes and horseradish; popovers come with homemade tomato jam. A place built for sharing and for appetites that match its generous portions.


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    1025 E Ball Rd Extron Building Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  34. Rank 34. Komal

    Mexican

    In the Mercado Del Paloma, Chef Fátima Juárez coaxes depth from heirloom corn nixtamalized in-house, each quesadilla and tlacoya a small study in restraint and smoke. The fried plantain in black mole and short-rib tacos demand salsa applied with purpose, not timidity.


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    3655 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  35. Rank 35. Nardo

    Southern Italian


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    21022 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA · Huntington Beach
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  36. Rank 36. Mar'sel

    New American

    At the peninsula's edge, Mar'sel commands views of the Pacific from a dining room warmed by fireplace and careful service. Wagyu short ribs arrive with celery prepared four ways; a caramel pot de crème arrives with the confidence of a signature. The meal feels orchestrated, the room feels privileged, and the herb gardens outside feel like prelude to something refined.


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    100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · Rancho Palos Verdes
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  37. Rank 37. Yigah

    Authentic Korean


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    8562 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA · Garden Grove
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    2932 E Chapman Ave, Orange, CA · Orange
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  39. Rank 39. Brodard Vietnamese Cuisine

    Traditional Vietnamese


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    16105 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA · Fountain Valley
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  40. Rank 40. Nep Cafe

    Modern Vietnamese


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    10836 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA · Fountain Valley
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  41. Chef Yasuhiro Hirano works in near-anonymity behind a counter in a shuttered room, aging exotic fish with the precision of someone still discovering what sushi can be. Soba with uni, baby eel "udon," kombu-cured kasugodai—each course arrives as a small argument for silence. One seating nightly, a handful of seats, the kind of place you hear about in whispers.


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    20918 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA · Torrance
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  42. Rank 42. Restaurant Ki

    Contemporary Korean

    Chef Ki Kim's ten-seat Korean tasting menu hides behind an unmarked entrance in downtown Los Angeles, rewarding the hunt with playful dishes like truffle gimbap and charred snap peas with fish roe. Confident cooking threads global ingredients through refined courses, from barbecued squab to mushroom ice cream.


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    111 S San Pedro St, Unit B2, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  43. Inside a nondescript mall corridor, Chef Ben and Ayako Sato run an intimate sushi counter where the menu changes nightly by hand. Kanpachi arrives barely kissed with heat and finished with yuzu; firefly squid yields to tender flesh beneath nori and scallion. What matters here is not the setting but the deliberate care—warm service, precise technique, a kitchen that understands restraint.


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    8851 Garden Grove Blvd, Ste 113, Garden Grove, CA · Garden Grove
  44. Rank 44. Thunderbolt

    Southern-Inspired


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    1263 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  45. Rank 45. Camelia

    French Japanese


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    1850 E Industrial St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  46. Rank 46. Hayato

    Japanese

    Chef Brandon Hayato Go orchestrates a single nightly seating where pristine seasonal ingredients—abalone, snow crab, corn—meet his curated Japanese pottery with unhurried precision. Reservations are nearly impossible; the sake list rewards those who secure them.


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    1320 E 7th St, Unit 126, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  47. Rank 47. Vin Folk

    Wine Bar

    Kevin De Los Santos and Katya Shastova have opened a neighborhood wine bistro in Hermosa Beach where the mussels tart arrives in flaky pastry with fennel cream, and chili crab nestles into warm risotto. The room feels unhurried, the wine list approachable, the cooking deliberately generous—each plate designed for sharing, each flavored with a wandering international hand. Book ahead.


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    1501 Hermosa Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA · Hermosa Beach
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  48. Rank 48. Sushi Sonagi

    Omakase Sushi

    An eight-seat counter open weekends only, where Chef Daniel Son orchestrates a tightly choreographed omakase that moves from delicate ankimo to minimalist nigiri. The dolsot sekogani—female snow crab heated in a stone pot until the rice crisps—arrives as the evening's fulcrum, its richly seasoned meat a brief, perfect argument for limitation and focus.


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    1425 W Artesia Blvd Unit 27 Gardena, CA · Gardena
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  49. Phở 79 has been ladling oxtail-enriched broths since the early eighties, earning its reputation as a Southern California standard. The spartan room with its yellow walls fills nightly, a small price for broth that justifies the wait.


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    9941 Hazard Ave, Garden Grove, CA · Garden Grove
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  50. Rank 50. CHAAK Kitchen

    Yucatán Mexican

    Smoke and spice from the Yucatán arrive in Tustin through careful hands and an understanding of the peninsula's layered culinary traditions. Charred habanero salsa clings to crisp corn empanadas; cochinita pibil, marinated in citrus and achiote, yields to a fork beside fresh tortillas. It's cooking that takes its ingredients and history seriously, without performing either.


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    215 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA · Tustin
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  51. Rank 51. Baroo

    Modern Korean

    At a sleek concrete counter in downtown Los Angeles, Kwang Uh and Mina Park orchestrate a tasting menu that pivots between Korean tradition and precise technique. A seared Hokkaido scallop swims in watercress sauce studded with seaweed jelly; silky black cod arrives in a wide bowl where buttermilk is poured tableside. The meal reads as composed and assured, uninterested in noise.


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    905 E 2nd St, Unit 109, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  52. Chef Imran Ali Mookhi wields spices with precision, letting beef sirloin kebabs and Khan biryani sing on a menu that respects carnivores and vegetarians alike. The bright, hip dining room and craft mocktail bar make this South Asian outpost a welcome anomaly on a Mexican-dominated stretch.


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    229 E Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA · Fullerton
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    3609 W MacArthur Blvd, Unit 803/804, Santa Ana, CA · Santa Ana
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  54. Rank 54. Vaca

    Rustic Spanish

    Amar Santana's rustic tapas bar in Costa Mesa pairs an extensive Spanish wine list with consistently executed small plates in a quirky dining room where the semi-open kitchen holds court. The bikini sandwich—jamón ibérico, Manchego, truffle oil on grilled bread—and golden croquetas de pollo suggest a place more interested in precision than spectacle.


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    695 Town Center Dr, Unit 170, Costa Mesa, CA · Costa Mesa
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    9361 Bolsa Ave, Ste 108, Westminster, CA · Westminster
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  56. A sushi counter in downtown Santa Ana where distressed wood and Japanese touches frame Chef Gino Choi's assured hand—yuzu cream cradling house-cured ikura, flame-kissed tuna over miso. The udon arrives thick and creamy with uni and black truffle, a dish that tastes like joy.


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    304 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA · Santa Ana
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  57. Overlooking Newport Harbor, this bistro marries seaside elegance with unfussy cooking, from inventive vegetable dishes to a showstopping 12-hour Kurobuta porchetta. The room crackles with the energy of diners who come for more than the views.


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    3441 Via Lido, Unit A, Newport Beach, CA · Newport Beach
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  58. A ten-seat counter hidden in a Costa Mesa strip mall becomes a sanctuary of unhurried precision under Chef Atsushi Yokoyama, who moves from delicate composed dishes—chawanmushi crowned with blue shrimp, braised abalone with uni—into nigiri with the inevitability of ritual. What emerges across the evening is a argument for restraint: excellent fish, simply prepared, allowed to speak for itself.


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    2930 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, CA · Costa Mesa
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    7127 Pacific Blvd, Huntington Park, CA · Huntington Park
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  60. Rank 60. Damian

    Mexican

    A converted warehouse in the Arts District with polished concrete and exposed brick, softened by leather seating and trailing plants. The kitchen reads Mexican tradition through a lens of precision—corn tamales, uni tostadas on blue corn, fish tacos that feel both classic and startling. Industrial bones, refined technique, and a terrace that draws crowds.


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    2132 E 7th Place, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    1985 Placentia Ave, Costa Mesa, CA · Costa Mesa
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  62. Rank 62. Firstborn

    Contemporary Chinese

    Anthony Wang remixes Chinese-American tradition with disciplined technique—tender tofu dumplings, aged duck with persimmon—in a bright, open kitchen designed for sharing. Desserts like vanilla sponge with red bean sauce suggest a chef thinking beyond the obvious.


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    978 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  63. A spare coastal room overlooks the highway while the chef moves through kaiseki's ceremonial rhythms: tofu crowned with Bafun uni, belt fish paired with dashi-simmered tomato, nigiri of wild flounder and baby sea bream rendered with surgical precision. Seasonal Japanese imports and local catches arrive meticulously composed, each plate a small argument for restraint and timing.


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    100 W Coast Hwy, Unit 202, Newport Beach, CA · Newport Beach
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  64. Chris Bianco's Los Angeles outpost draws lines through ROW DTLA with a spare menu of impeccable pizzas, each one a small argument for precision over novelty. The margherita alone justifies the wait, though the biancoverde and wiseguy suggest he's thought carefully about what pizza should be.


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    1320 E 7th St, Ste 100, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    1775 S Clementine St, FL 2, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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    1000 Bristol St N, Newport Beach, CA · Newport Beach
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  67. Rank 67. Tomat

    Californian New American

    A pale-green dining room dressed in rust-leather banquettes sets the stage for seasonal cooking that takes shape as evening falls. The kitchen moves deftly through local produce—charred vegetables nested in ajo blanco, a Liberty Farms duck split and crisped, dressed with pomegranate-walnut mole—and closes with sticky toffee pudding and burnt-milk gelato. The effect is farm-direct without the fuss.


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    6261 W 87th St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    633 W 5th St FL 71 Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    330 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  71. Hidden in a downtown basement, Sushi Kaneyoshi unfolds with the restraint of a Japanese tea room—minimalist, serene, every element considered. Chef Yoshiyuki Inoue attends to particulars: hand-thrown pottery, seared ocean perch with crisp nori, warm oysters in soy, prawns dusted in yolk and umami. Nothing escapes notice, not even the miso soup.


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    111 S San Pedro St, Unit B1, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  72. Rank 72. Orsa & Winston

    Contemporary

    Chef Josef Centeno orchestrates Japanese and Italian influences through an open kitchen, where crudos meet uni-crowned rice porridge with unforced invention. Peak-season ingredients bend between Mediterranean and Japanese sensibilities, rarely settling into tradition.


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    122 W 4th St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  73. Rank 73. LSXO

    Vietnamese

    Tucked within Huntington Beach's Bluegold, LSXO trades ocean views for a cooler, louder energy—a speakeasy with real conviction. Pork, shrimp and crab dumplings arrive with a peanut-spiked black vinegar that catches fire; the cháo, a silky broth of crab and white fish, justifies the difficulty of getting a table.


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    21016 Pacific Coast Hwy, Unit D200, Huntington Beach, CA · Huntington Beach
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  74. An open kitchen hums with purposeful energy as Max Boonthanakit sends out French bistro dishes sharpened with unexpected invention—sea bream crudo meets green apple ice, scallop pasta swims in truffle-chive beurre blanc. The steak au poivre arrives classic and assured, its Cognac cream and crisp frites a reminder that reinvention works best when it knows what it's disrupting.


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    923 E 3rd St, Unit 109, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  75. Rank 75. Marché Moderne

    Modern French

    The Marneaus' dining room glows with the confidence of a place that knows exactly what it is: a modern kitchen fluent in French tradition, where coq au vin and lobster flambéed in Courvoisier emerge from an open kitchen with the same precision as the house charcuterie sliced on a vintage Berkel. Seasonal cocktails and generous wine pairings bracket meals that feel both familiar and alive.


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    7862 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Newport Beach, CA · Laguna Beach
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    1638 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  77. Rank 77. Two Hommés

    West African/Californian


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    902 N La Brea Ave, Inglewood, CA · Inglewood
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  78. Rank 78. Kareem's Falafel

    Middle Eastern


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    1208 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  79. Rank 79. Bestia

    Italian

    A warehouse-sized room with copper bar and suspended booths frames the cooking of Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis, whose kitchen moves easily between grilled prawns with serrano pesto, blistered pizzas touched with Sichuan peppercorn and wildflower honey, and truffle-laden pastas. The place hums with the contentment of both diners and staff, a dining room that feels genuinely loved.


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    2121 E 7th Pl, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  80. Rank 80. Bavel

    Middle Eastern


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    500 Mateo St, Unit 102, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  81. Rank 81. Chinchikurin

    Hiroshima-Style


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    1725 W Carson St, Unit B, Torrance, CA · Torrance
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    3040 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    3436 W Lincoln Ave, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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  85. Rank 85. Sora Craft Kitchen

    Seasonal Turkish


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    1109 E 12th St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  86. Rank 86. San Laurel

    Modern Californian Spanish

    A tenth-floor dining room with views of Disney Concert Hall serves modern California cuisine inflected with Spanish tradition, including a tomato tartare that subverts expectation. Chef José Andrés's team executes with precision across savory and dessert courses, the latter ethereal and balanced.


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    100 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    12731 Towne Center Dr, Cerritos, CA · Cerritos
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  88. Rank 88. Manuela

    Southern

    In a stark gallery-like room within the Hauser & Wirth complex, the open kitchen channels Southern restraint through locally sourced ingredients and house-made cocktail components. Biscuits arrive warm and laminated; a roasted duck breast arrives bronzed and spare, balanced on smoked onion purée with peaches—the work of a kitchen that knows when to stop.


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    907 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    202 E Manchester Blvd, Inglewood, CA · Inglewood
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  90. Rank 90. 715

    Japanese

    At an eight-seat counter bathed in ambient music, chef Seigo Tamura works in concentrated silence, aging larger fish in-house and building each nigiri with Osaka-style firm rice and a whisper of sugar. The seafood arrives from Japan—monkfish liver arrives excellent, beltfish gets a char and sansho pepper—while the sake list rewards lingering over a carafe.


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    738 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  92. At a shopping-center counter in Gardena, a Thai breakfast shop serves jok—congee threaded with pork meatballs and fresh ginger—alongside noodles and soups that justify the pilgrimage. The mango sticky rice, when available, tastes like the meal's afterthought becoming its entire point.


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    1630 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Unit 4, Gardena, CA · Gardena
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    1125 Victoria St, Suite R, Costa Mesa, CA · Costa Mesa
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    3751 Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA · Santa Ana
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  95. Downtown Santa Ana gastropub where Chef Luis Perez's streamlined menu—handmade tortillas, masa-based quekas, churros—reflects a deliberate turn toward quality. Grilled tomato and dried chili salsa tops tacos filled with carnitas and shrimp; vegan mushroom quekas come with confit potatoes and guacamole, cheese optional. The editing is ruthless, the execution isn't.


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    211 W Second St, Santa Ana, CA · Santa Ana
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  96. Rank 96. Olive & Rose

    French/Californian


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    255 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA · Long Beach
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  97. Rank 97. Taco Nazo

    Ensenada-Style


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    10326 Alondra Blvd, Bellflower, CA · Bellflower
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    4901 Patata St, Cudahy, CA · Cudahy
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    440 S Anaheim Blvd, Unit 201, Anaheim, CA · Anaheim
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    1027 Alpine St, Unit B, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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